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No to Second Class Families
Justice means
standing up for
immigrants
by
B enjamin T odd J ealous
A fric a n A m e ric a n s have
spent much o f our history fight
ing for equal treatm ent. Just
two generations ago, our par
ents and our grandparents were
banned from eating at certain
restaurants, attending certain
schools, and working in certain
professions.
So it is not difficult to em pa
thize with the struggle of im m i
grants in our country. Like our
ancestors who m igrated from
the form er slave states o f the
Deep South, m illions o f un
docum ented im m igrants move
to the U nited States each year
to find work and a decent ed u
cation for their children.
But when they arrive, they
are confronted with blatant dis
crim ination and racial profiling
- with hardly any legal recourse
and little public outrage.
As people o f color, we have
a responsibility to stand up for
social ju stice w henever it is
v io la te d . T h a t is w hy the im m igration enforcem ent. O ur w ill co n tin u e to m ake ou r
N A A C P has jo in ed other civil national im m igration law s, in choice heard as C ongress de
rights and hum an rights orga conjunction w ith these state bates the bill.
nizations, including the Rights laws, encourage local police to
In August 1963 a sea of di
W orking G roup and the L ead stop people o f color, w hether verse activists stormed the N a
ership C onference o f Civil and they are undocum ented or not. tional Mall to demand social ju s
Human Rights, to support com
Right now C ongress is de tice and an end to segregation.
p reh en siv e im m ig ratio n re bating a com prehensive im m i In April 2013 a similarly diverse
form.
gration bill that w ill offer a wave of legal immigrants, un
A cross the country, an esti roadm ap to citizenship and also docum ented im m igrants, and
mated 11 million undocumented deal directly with w orkplace activists of all backgrounds gath
im m igrants live in a perm anent discrim ination and racial pro ered at the U. S. Capitol to call
second-class status. M any im filing. O ne proposed provision an end to second-class citizen
m igrants com e to the U.S. to allow s undocum ented im m i ship. The March on Washington
find a better life, but find them grants to have the full protec pressured Congress to pass the
selves living in the shadow s, in tion o f A m erican labor laws. Civil Rights Acts. This year, we
constant fear o f arrest and d e A nother one explicitly prohib need to show Congress again
portation. This segregation has its racial profiling by H om e that American of all stripes care
a cost.
land Security agents - which about progressive reform.
U ndocum ented w orkers are w ould make it the first federal
As Dr. King said, injustice
exploited on a regular basis. law to do so.
anyw here is a threat to justice
M any business ow ners pay low
The bill in its draft form is everyw here. A frican A m eri
wages and provide dangerous not perfect. Tfie racial profil cans have spent much of our
working conditions for their un- * ing provision needs adjustments history fighting for fair treat
docum ented workers, with little that are being debated at the ment and equal opportunity.
fear of retaliation. They know tim e o f this w riting. The draft We m ust also offer support to
that their em ployees have too bill also contains provisions that our imm igrant brothers and sis
much at stake to risk contact w ould elim inate the diversity ters. If we want to escape the
ing the proper authorities.
visa program - w hich helps sins of our past, we m ust en
U ndocum ented im m igrants many A frican and Caribbean sure there are no second class
are also targeted by police. im m igrants com e to A m erica - fam ilies today.
Racial profiling has been le and dram atically expand the
Ben Jealous is president
galized in states like A labam a guest w orker program .
and chief executive officer o f
and A rizona under the guise of
The N A A CP and our allies the NAACP.